espial
Example Sentences
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The lover's endless minutes slowly pass'd; The dame return'd, and whisper'd in his ear To follow her; with aged eyes aghast From fright of dim espial.
From Keats: Poems Published in 1820 by Robertson, M. (Margaret)
It was even possible, he thought, that, if she had not herself seen Cecily, some one in her employment had made the espial for her.
From The Emancipated by Gissing, George
Among the crowd entering the Exhibition he could easily keep her in sight without risk of his espial being detected.
From Eve's Ransom by Gissing, George
Her mother’s small mind yet had an uncanny power of partial divination, gained from years of experience and espial, that irritated while it impressed.
From The Wayfarers by Cutting, Mary Stewart Doubleday
How could he keep an espial on the house?
From Will Warburton by Gissing, George
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